The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts is hosting a cocktail party to kick off Armory Week with the opportunity to catch its current group shows “American Psyche” (through April 15) and “Curriculum: Spaces of Learning and Unlearning” (through March 16). The latter includes Christen Clifford’s Interiors: We Are All Pink Inside, a walk-in installation featuring projections of surprisingly pretty video filmed inside her subjects’ rectums.

Tuesday, March 5–Wednesday, April 20

Organized by Maya Benton, a longtime curator at the International Center of Photography, “Expired” brings together five artists who traffic in the afterlife of photographic technology, from long-expired film to images frozen on archaic digital screens.

Tuesday, March 5–Wednesday, July 31

A rendering of one of Joseph La Piana’s “Tension Sculptures.” Image courtesy of Joseph La Piana.

4. “Joseph La Piana: Tension Sculptures” on the Park Avenue Malls

Joseph La Piana had a solo show last spring at New York’s Sara Kay Gallery of his stretched latex band sculptures, which maintain their shape only under constant pressure. Now, he’s taking that work outside, stretching durable synthetic rubber between stainless steel armatures on Park Avenue, the largest of which is 22 feet long and 16 feet high.

Wednesday, March 6

Armory Week’s biggest party is always at MoMA. This year’s edition features Anna of the North performing live, a DJ set by Heron Preston, and, of course, the chance to explore the museum after dark. Tickets also come with an open bar and access to the 25th anniversary edition of the party’s namesake art fair.

Wednesday, March 6–Sunday, April 14

“Fire” at Baby Company. Photo courtesy of Baby Company.

6. “Fire” at Baby Company

Photographer Ryan McNamara has curated this group exhibition inspired by Fire Island and his first visit to the Long Island summer getaway, which is particularly popular among gay men. “Every time I enter a new room I scan for other queers,” he writes in a curatorial statement of the deeply personal exhibition. “I didn’t know I did this until I didn’t have to, when I arrived in a place where ‘queer’ and its variants was the baseline.” Featured artists include Raul de Nieves, Nicole Eisenman, K8 Hardy, Devan Shimoyama, and Wolfgang Tillmans.

As part of the programming for the New York Public Library’s current exhibition, “Love and Resistance: Stonewall 50” (on view through July 14), artist Nayland Blake leads a discussion on the work of photojournalists Kay Tobin Lahusen and Diana Davies, who documented the movement for LGBTQ rights, including the historic Stonewall riots.

Wednesday March 6–Saturday, March 16

Garvey|Simon has taken over a gallery space in Hudson Yards to present a new series of illuminated, sculptural works by Bentley Meeker during Armory Week. For the occasion, the artist, who also works as a commercial lighting designer, has created 40 glowing installations that invite careful contemplation.

Thursday, March 7

As part of NADA’s inaugural New York Gallery Open program, artist Nina Katchadourian cues up the most avant-garde DJ set you may hear in 2019. Armed with multiple years’ worth of on-hold music recorded during actual phone calls, as well as the sampling and mixing expertise of Julie Covello (AKA DJ Shakey) and Gabriel Willow (AKA DJ Stylus), Katchadourian knits this run-of-the-mill “phone matter” into an after-dark sonic experience that actually slaps.

The women artist-focused nonprofit Pen + Brush is celebrating its 125th anniversary with the group show “Furies, Fairies, Visionaries” (through March 20). Thursday evening, artists Nancy Baker, Zoë Buckman, E.V. Day, Rachel Lee Hovnanian, Katja Loher, Paola Martínez Fiterre, and Aleksandra Stone will be on hand to host a walk-through of the exhibition. The night, which doubles as release party for the Brooklyn Rail’s new Women’s History Month issue, will also include a live performance by all-female pop rock band BETTY and beer courtesy of Brooklyn Brewery.

The 8th Floor gears up for International Women’s Day March on March 8 with a poster-making event led by artist Nikolay Oleynikov, a member of the collective Chto Delat. You’re encouraged to bring your own materials, but local activists, artists, and organizers, including members of the NYC Light Brigade and the campus coordinating committee of the International Women’s Strike, will be on hand to provide inspiration.

Thursday, March 7–Sunday, April 7

From more than 130 artists nominated by members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an honorary society of architects, artists, composers, and writers, 32 artists have been chosen to present work in this group show, including Alexi Worth, Stephen Westfall, Judith Bernstein, Portia Munson, and John Outterbridge.

Location: The American Academy of Arts and Letters, 633 West 155th Street, entrance on Audubon Terrace at Broadway between West 155th and 156th StreetsPrice: FreeTime: Thursday–Sunday, 1 p.m.–4 p.m.

The Parrish’s current exhibition “The Permanent Collection: Every Picture Tells a Story,” on view through October 3, features 18 works by Louisa Chase (1951–2016), a rising star of the 1970s whose career was ultimately sabotaged by her own addiction and mental illness. Artists Mel Kendrick and Mary Heilmann will discuss her life and career.

Friday March 8–Sunday, April 7

Mashonda Tifrere has curated a new iteration of her feminist art show “King Woman,” on view last year at Pen + Brush and organized through her female artist advocacy nonprofit ArtLeadHer. Fashion designer Donna Karan is hosting the exhibition, which features work by emerging and mid-career artists including Swoon, Bisa Butler, and Delphine Diallo. The show’s title looks to defy expected gender roles, where women are praised as “goddess” or “queen,” but never allowed to aspire to kingliness. The opening reception on Friday is the perfect way to mark International Women’s Day.

Friday, March 8–Sunday, June 9

Japanese art of the 1950s is well-known for the Gutai movement, and the ’70s saw the rise of Mono-ha. But what of the 1960s? Curator Reiko Tomii revisits this lesser-known period of Japanese art history with this exhibition featuring the radical work of Matsuzawa Yutaka and art collectives the Play and GUN (Group Ultra Niigata). The opening weekend will include the first public talk in the US featuring GUN founding members Horikawa Michio and Tadashi Maeyama, held Saturday, March 9, at 2 p.m. ($15).

Through Friday, March 8

Kathy Ruttenberg’s fantastical sculptures feature delightful anthropomorphized creatures that seem to have sprung to life from the pages of an as-yet-untold fairy tale. Her current exhibition at Francis M. Naumann features new work as well as preparatory sketches and maquettes from her large-scale public sculptures, on view along Broadway between West 64th and 157th Streets in “Kathy Ruttenberg on Broadway: in dreams awake.”

Saturday, March 9–Monday, May 27

Leeroy New’s “Aliens of Manila: New York Colony” will by on view at Pintô International. Photo courtesy of Pintô International.

19. “Aliens of Manila: New York Colony” at Pintô International

In 2016, the Pintô Art Museum was an unexpected entry on the year’s list of the world’s 25 most-Instagrammed museums. Now, the museum is bringing some of that photo-ready magic to New York with a new space hosting quarterly exhibitions, starting with a site-specific installation from artist and designer Leeroy New. He’s crafting the psychedelic sculpture from unconventional materials sourced from recycling centers and dollar stores near the museum’s East Village loft space.